The sedimentary deposit that results from the gravitational movement of materials downâslope to produce a heterogeneous and badly sorted mixture at the base of the slope. Colluvial soils are soils developed on colluvium and tend to be stony and unproductive.
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Emerson, F.V., 1914. A colluvial soil and its people. Bull. Am. Geogr Soc., 46: 655â658.
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(2008). Colluvium. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_116
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